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Alvin Dark
Alvin Ralph Dark (Blackie and The Swamp Fox)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 7, 1922 in Comanche, OK
High School: Lake Charles (Lake Charles, LA)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1946
Final Game: October 2, 1960
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Career Home Runs

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Alvin Dark: 126 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 16 tying, 17 go ahead, 47 lacking some details
5 Tms
NYG98
CHC9
STL9
BSN/MLN7
PHI3
 
vs RHP69
vs LHP57
 
Home84
Away42
 
Leverage
High Lev10
Medium Lev13
Low Lev27
8 Opps
LAD/BRO32
CHC17
PIT15
PHI15
BSN/MLN14
STL13
CIN12
NYG/SFG8
68 Pitchers
Preacher Roe7
Warren Spahn4
Russ Meyer4
Turk Lown4
Billy Loes4
Harry Brecheen4
Harvey Haddix3
Ken Raffensberger3
Robin Roberts3
Max Surkont3
Curt Simmons3
Howie Pollet3
Bob Rush3
Murry Dickson3
Paul Minner3
Don Newcombe3
Carl Erskine2
Ben Wade2
Clem Labine2
Sheldon Jones2
11 Parks
Polo Grounds79
Wrigley Fld9
Ebbets Fld8
Shibe Pk7
Crosley Fld6
LA Coliseum5
Sportsman Pk5
Forbes Fld4
Seals Stad1
County Stad1
Braves Fld1
Where Hit
Unk80
735
95
83
783
General field locations when available.
 
4 Inside the Park
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms120
2·HR gms3
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
2nd82
7th15
8th9
3rd8
6th7
1st4
5th1
Outs
Unk41
134
230
021
 
DefPos
SS104
3B14
2B4
LF3
RF1
Bases
Unk76
---35
1--6
-2-3
1232
12-1
--31
-231
1-31
 
187 RBI
RISP9
0 on81
1 on33
2 on8
3 on4
Any on45
Inning
118
210
321
420
521
610
76
811
96
Extra3
 
1-349
4-651
7-end26
RelScore
+4..8
+32
+26
+113
Tied12
-115
-29
-34
-4..10
Unk47
 
Ahead29
Tied12
Behind38
Unk47
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

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1948 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1948-06-25 BSN PIT Elmer Singleton b 7 2 8 6
2 2 2 1 1948-07-04 (2) BSN @ PHI Robin Roberts t 3 1 8 6
3 3 3 1 1948-07-18 (2) BSN @ PIT Tiny Bonham t 8 1 2 6
1949 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
4 4 1 1 1949-04-26 BSN @ BRO Preacher Roe t 1 1 1 2 6
5 5 2 1 1949-06-30 (2) BSN @ NYG Sheldon Jones t 5 2 3 6 IPHR
6 6 3 1 1949-07-28 BSN @ CIN Ken Raffensberger t 4 1 7 6
1950 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
7 7 1 1 1950-04-25 NYG PHI Russ Meyer ahead 5-1 b 4 0 1 2 6
8 8 2 1 1950-06-07 NYG @ CHC Dutch Leonard t 7 1 8 6
9 9 3 1 1950-06-20 NYG STL Harry Brecheen ahead 1-0 b 4 2 1 7 6
10 10 4 1 1950-06-22 (1) NYG STL Howie Pollet ahead 2-0 b 8 2 1 6 6
11 11 5 1 1950-06-24 NYG CIN Ken Raffensberger b 2 1 6 6 IPHR
12 12 6 1 1950-07-02 (2) NYG BSN Bob Chipman behind 2-6 b 9 1 1 7 6
13 13 7 1 1950-07-03 NYG BRO Preacher Roe tied 2-2 b 11 0 1 7 6 Walk-Off
14 14 8 1 1950-07-04 (1) NYG BRO Don Newcombe behind 0-1 b 3 0 1 8 6
15 15 9 1 1950-07-04 (2) NYG BRO Bud Podbielan behind 0-5 b 5 0 3 8 6
16 16 10 1 1950-07-17 NYG @ CIN Herm Wehmeier t 4 1 8 6
17 17 11 1 1950-07-23 (2) NYG @ CHC Johnny Schmitz t 5 1 7 6
18 18 12 1 1950-08-11 NYG @ PHI Curt Simmons t 4 2 6 6
19 19 13 1 1950-08-26 NYG @ STL Harry Brecheen t 4 1 3 6
20 20 14 1 1950-09-09 NYG BRO Preacher Roe b 1 2 1 3 6
21 21 15 2 1950-09-09 NYG BRO Preacher Roe ahead 1-0 b 6 0 1 3 6
22 22 16 1 1950-09-16 NYG CHC Johnny Schmitz b 4 2 3 6
1951 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
23 23 1 1 1951-04-28 NYG @ BRO Preacher Roe behind 0-1 t 2 2 1 7 6
24 24 2 1 1951-05-01 NYG CHC Paul Minner b 6 4 6 6
25 25 3 1 1951-05-05 NYG PIT Bill Werle b 5 4 7 6
26 26 4 1 1951-05-13 (2) NYG PHI Ken Heintzelman b 5 1 2 6
27 27 5 1 1951-06-09 NYG CHC Paul Minner tied 1-1 b 5 0 3 2 6
28 28 6 2 1951-06-09 NYG CHC Bob Schultz ahead 6-1 b 6 0 1 2 6
29 29 7 1 1951-06-10 (1) NYG CHC Turk Lown b 4 1 6 6
30 30 8 1 1951-06-18 NYG @ STL Al Brazle t 9 1 2 6
31 31 9 1 1951-07-16 NYG PIT Mel Queen ahead 4-2 b 4 2 2 2 6
32 32 10 1 1951-08-24 NYG STL Harry Brecheen ahead 2-1 b 3 2 1 2 6
33 33 11 1 1951-08-29 NYG PIT Murry Dickson b 8 1 2 6
34 34 12 1 1951-09-03 (2) NYG PHI Niles Jordan b 1 1 2 6
35 35 13 1 1951-09-16 (2) NYG @ PIT Bill Werle ahead 2-1 t 5 1 1 2 6 IPHR
36 36 14 1 1951-09-25 NYG @ PHI Robin Roberts ahead 1-0 t 3 1 1 2 6
1952 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
37 37 1 1 1952-04-23 NYG BSN Gene Conley behind 1-2 b 2 0 2 7 6
38 38 2 1 1952-05-23 NYG BSN Max Surkont b 4 2 7 6
39 39 3 1 1952-06-08 NYG @ PIT Howie Pollet t 1 1 2 6
40 40 4 1 1952-06-16 NYG STL Harry Brecheen ahead 1-0 b 2 0 1 6 6
41 41 5 1 1952-06-21 NYG CHC Joe Hatten b 8 2 7 6
42 42 6 1 1952-07-06 (2) NYG PHI Russ Meyer behind 0-2 b 5 2 1 7 6
43 43 7 1 1952-07-30 (1) NYG CHC Turk Lown behind 0-3 b 1 1 1 2 6
44 44 8 1 1952-09-08 (2) NYG BRO Billy Loes behind 0-1 b 6 0 2 2 6
45 45 9 1 1952-09-09 NYG PIT Bill Bell b 5 2 2 6
46 46 10 1 1952-09-11 NYG PIT Howie Pollet b 1 1 2 6
47 47 11 1 1952-09-14 NYG STL Harvey Haddix b 1 2 2 6
48 48 12 1 1952-09-24 (1) NYG BSN Sheldon Jones b 4 1 2 6
49 49 13 1 1952-09-24 (2) NYG BSN Warren Spahn b 5 2 2 6
50 50 14 1 1952-09-26 NYG PHI Russ Meyer b 3 1 2 6
1953 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
51 51 1 1 1953-04-25 NYG @ BRO Russ Meyer behind 0-1 t 3 1 1 2 6
52 52 2 1 1953-05-01 NYG STL Jerry Staley b 2 2 2 7 6
53 53 3 1 1953-05-20 NYG @ CHC Turk Lown ahead 5-1 t 4 1 1 2 6
54 54 4 1 1953-06-10 NYG MLN Vern Bickford behind 2-3 b 3 1 1 2 5
55 55 5 1 1953-06-24 NYG @ STL Vinegar Bend Mizell t 7 1 3 7
56 56 6 1 1953-07-05 NYG BRO Clem Labine ahead 3-2 b 2 2 3 2 4
57 57 7 1 1953-07-16 NYG CHC Turk Lown ahead 6-3 b 4 0 1 2 4
58 58 8 1 1953-07-19 (2) NYG MLN Max Surkont b 1 1 1 2 4
59 59 9 1 1953-07-25 NYG CIN Fred Baczewski ahead 1-0 b 3 2 2 2 4
60 60 10 1 1953-07-26 (2) NYG CIN Ken Raffensberger b 1 1 1 2 9
61 61 11 1 1953-07-31 NYG @ CIN Bud Podbielan t 1 1 2 6
62 62 12 1 1953-08-06 NYG @ CHC Bubba Church t 8 3 2 6
63 63 13 1 1953-08-13 NYG BRO Billy Loes ahead 2-0 b 3 1 1 2 7
64 64 14 1 1953-08-16 (2) NYG PHI Karl Drews b 3 2 2 6
65 65 15 1 1953-08-26 NYG STL Harvey Haddix b 1 2 2 6
66 66 16 1 1953-08-30 (1) NYG CHC Bob Rush b 3 2 2 6
67 67 17 1 1953-09-04 NYG BRO Joe Black behind 4-6 b 6 2 2 2 6
68 68 18 1 1953-09-05 NYG BRO Bob Milliken behind 2-11 b 4 2 2 2 6
69 69 19 1 1953-09-06 NYG BRO Preacher Roe b 1 1 1 2 6
70 70 20 1 1953-09-16 NYG @ CIN Harry Perkowski t 8 2 2 6
71 71 21 1 1953-09-19 (1) NYG PIT Paul LaPalme b 3 2 2 6
72 72 22 1 1953-09-20 NYG PIT Bob Friend b 1 2 2 6
73 73 23 1 1953-09-25 NYG @ PIT Bob Friend t 1 1 2 6
1954 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
74 74 1 1 1954-04-13 NYG BRO Carl Erskine behind 0-1 b 3 1 1-- 2 2 6 21% 65% Home Run; Williams Scores
75 75 2 1 1954-05-14 NYG CHC Bob Rush behind 1-3 b 5 1 1-- 2 2 6 24% 54% Home Run; Gardner Scores
76 76 3 1 1954-05-28 NYG BRO Ben Wade ahead 12-6 b 8 0 --- 1 2 6 0% 100% Home Run
77 77 4 1 1954-05-29 NYG BRO Carl Erskine behind 1-2 b 6 2 --- 1 2 6 19% 52% Home Run
78 78 5 1 1954-06-20 NYG STL Vic Raschi behind 0-2 b 5 1 12- 3 2 6 34% 69% Home Run; Gomez Scores; Williams Scores/unER
79 79 6 1 1954-07-06 NYG @ BRO Preacher Roe behind 0-2 t 4 0 1-- 2 2 6 18% 50% Home Run; Lockman Scores
80 80 7 1 1954-07-07 NYG @ BRO Ben Wade ahead 9-2 t 8 1 --- 1 2 6 0% 100% Home Run
81 81 8 1 1954-07-09 NYG PIT Paul LaPalme tied 0-0 b 5 2 --- 1 2 6 16% 67% Home Run
82 82 9 1 1954-07-10 NYG PIT Max Surkont behind 0-5 b 3 1 123 4 2 6 22% 41% Home Run; Westrum Scores; Taylor Scores/unER; Lockman Scores
83 83 10 1 1954-07-11 (1) NYG PIT Vern Law ahead 4-0 b 2 2 --- 1 2 6 5% 91% Home Run
84 84 11 1 1954-08-01 (1) NYG CIN Harry Perkowski ahead 2-1 b 5 2 --- 1 2 6 12% 79% Home Run
85 85 12 1 1954-08-05 NYG CHC Warren Hacker behind 3-4 b 5 2 --- 1 2 6 16% 51% Home Run
86 86 13 1 1954-08-06 NYG MLN Gene Conley behind 0-2 b 3 2 --- 1 2 6 11% 39% Home Run
87 87 14 2 1954-08-06 NYG MLN Dave Jolly behind 3-6 b 9 1 --- 1 2 6 3% 5% Home Run
88 88 15 1 1954-08-08 NYG MLN Warren Spahn tied 0-0 b 4 1 --- 1 3 6 13% 66% Home Run
89 89 16 1 1954-08-15 NYG @ BRO Billy Loes behind 0-4 t 5 2 --- 1 2 6 5% 13% IPHR Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
90 90 17 1 1954-09-01 NYG @ CIN Art Fowler behind 4-9 t 9 0 1-- 2 3 6 2% 4% Home Run; Mueller Scores
91 91 18 1 1954-09-06 (2) NYG @ PHI Robin Roberts behind 3-4 t 8 0 --- 1 2 6 26% 50% Home Run
92 92 19 1 1954-09-09 (1) NYG CHC Paul Minner behind 3-6 b 8 1 --- 1 2 6 6% 12% Home Run
93 93 20 1 1954-09-16 (2) NYG MLN Lew Burdette behind 0-1 b 1 1 --- 1 2 6 10% 53% Home Run
1955 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
94 94 1 1 1955-04-24 NYG @ BRO Billy Loes behind 3-5 t 9 1 -2- 2 2 6 34% 44% Home Run (Fly Ball); Lockman Scores/unER
95 95 2 1 1955-05-29 NYG BRO Johnny Podres behind 1-6 b 5 1 1-- 2 2 6 9% 17% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); Lockman Scores
96 96 3 1 1955-05-30 (1) NYG PHI Murry Dickson ahead 3-2 b 5 2 --- 1 2 6 12% 79% Home Run (Deep LF)
97 97 4 1 1955-07-07 NYG PHI Murry Dickson b 6 3 1 6
98 98 5 1 1955-07-08 NYG BRO Don Newcombe ahead 1-0 b 2 2 -23 3 1 6 20% 86% Home Run (Fly Ball); Harris Scores; Westrum Scores
99 99 6 1 1955-07-16 NYG MLN Warren Spahn behind 0-2 b 4 2 -2- 2 6 6 23% 51% Home Run; Mays Scores
100 100 7 1 1955-07-18 NYG MLN Bob Buhl b 3 2 1 6
101 101 8 1 1955-07-24 (1) NYG CIN Art Fowler behind 2-5 b 6 1 --- 1 2 6 9% 22% Home Run (Deep LF)
102 102 9 1 1955-09-01 NYG CIN Joe Nuxhall behind 3-7 b 9 0 --- 1 5 6 2% 4% Home Run
1956 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
103 103 1 1 1956-05-16 NYG CHC Bob Rush b 1 1 2 6
104 104 2 1 1956-05-20 (1) NYG STL Dick Littlefield tied 0-0 b 3 2 --- 1 1 6 13% 64% Home Run
105 105 3 1 1956-06-24 (1) STL @ PHI Curt Simmons tied 2-2 t 5 1 --- 1 2 6 15% 62% Home Run
106 106 4 1 1956-08-28 STL PHI Curt Simmons tied 3-3 b 5 1 --- 1 2 6 16% 69% Home Run
107 107 5 1 1956-09-15 STL @ NYG Mike McCormick behind 0-1 t 3 2 1-- 2 2 6 23% 58% Home Run (LF-CF); Del Greco Scores
108 108 6 1 1956-09-19 STL @ BRO Don Newcombe tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 1 2 6 10% 57% Home Run
1957 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
109 109 1 1 1957-05-14 STL NYG Ruben Gomez ahead 1-0 b 3 1 --- 1 2 6 10% 75% Home Run (Deep LF)
110 110 2 1 1957-06-08 STL @ NYG Al Worthington ahead 1-0 t 3 1 --- 1 2 6 11% 70% Home Run
111 111 3 1 1957-07-12 STL @ NYG Ruben Gomez ahead 2-0 t 5 2 --- 1 2 6 9% 83% Home Run
112 112 4 1 1957-07-15 STL @ PHI Jack Sanford behind 1-6 t 8 2 --- 1 2 6 1% 1% Home Run
1958 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
113 113 1 1 1958-04-25 STL @ LAD Fred Kipp behind 1-3 t 6 1 --- 1 2 5 11% 30% Home Run (Fly Ball)
114 114 2 1 1958-06-19 CHC @ MLN Warren Spahn behind 3-4 t 7 0 --- 1 2 5 21% 50% Home Run
115 115 3 1 1958-06-21 CHC @ CIN Harvey Haddix behind 1-8 t 7 2 --- 1 2 5 0% 1% Home Run (Deep LF)
116 116 4 1 1958-09-26 (1) CHC @ LAD Don Drysdale tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 1 2 5 10% 58% Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
1959 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
117 117 1 1 1959-07-02 CHC SFG Eddie Fisher ahead 3-0 b 4 2 -2- 2 2 5 8% 94% Home Run (Deep LF); Taylor Scores/unER; Dark Scores/unER
118 118 2 1 1959-08-11 CHC LAD Clem Labine behind 3-4 b 10 1 --- 1 8 5 47% 58% Home Run (Fly Ball)
119 119 3 1 1959-08-12 CHC LAD Danny McDevitt ahead 6-2 b 4 0 --- 1 8 5 3% 95% Home Run (Fly Ball)
120 120 4 1 1959-08-13 CHC SFG Mike McCormick ahead 13-9 b 7 0 123 4 8 5 1% 100% Home Run; Averill Scores; Noren Scores; Thomson Scores
121 121 5 1 1959-09-03 CHC @ SFG Johnny Antonelli tied 0-0 t 2 1 --- 1 7 5 11% 59% Home Run
122 122 6 1 1959-09-26 CHC LAD Johnny Podres tied 0-0 b 2 1 1-3 3 7 5 19% 82% Home Run (Fly Ball); Thomson Scores; Schult Scores
1960 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB RBI BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
123 123 1 1 1960-05-06 PHI @ LAD Sandy Koufax ahead 3-1 t 10 2 --3 2 2 5 6% 98% Home Run (Fly Ball); Smith Scores
124 124 2 1 1960-05-07 PHI @ LAD Stan Williams behind 0-1 t 6 0 --- 1 2 5 16% 50% Home Run (Fly Ball)
125 125 3 1 1960-05-16 PHI STL Vinegar Bend Mizell tied 0-0 b 3 2 --- 1 2 5 13% 64% Home Run (Deep LF)
126 126 4 1 1960-08-23 MLN @ LAD Stan Williams ahead 2-0 t 4 0 --- 1 7 7 8% 82% Home Run (Fly Ball)

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

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There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.